Party "hide in Bleak Wood salvage cargo" hide roll: [blockquote]Rolled 1d100 : 89, total 89[/blockquote] against 80 (lax security in upper part of Rouge Tower... They do not expect anyone to enter the city that way)

Okay, I interpret the result as follows:While Helena was brought in for questioning, a customs officer found Riv, Cormac and Kiph by chance. Kiph slit his throat and the party fled the warehouse, waiting for Helena at the predetermined meeting point.

Helena never showed up. The corpse of the customs officer was discovered and Helena, being a non-citizen, was held back for further questioning. The party fled to a partially collapsed building that they discovered close to the airport. There they occupied an abandoned apartment with several rooms, and for the last six months they have eked out a living in the ramshackle building.

When we start all the PCs will be thinner, ragged, and probably sport facial hair and long, hippy like haircuts.

Helena was lost six months ago. They do not know what happened to her.

I honestly don't think sitting put for 6 months really fits with what any of our characters would do. Riv would probably end up killing everyone or himself in a fit of bordom - he does have some gernades

Perhaps the d**n aircraft fell out of the sky in the boonies and it took that long to get to the city.